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Digital Projection Wows with an 8K HDR Projector at I/ITSEC 2017

by Chris Chinnock

Digital Projection had in my opinion, the best looking display on the I/ITSEC 2017 trade show floor, but it got the prize by kind of cheating. It was showing native 8K HDR/WCG video content …

JVC Intros Two New Sim Projectors at I/ITSEC 2017

by Chris Chinnock

JVC Visual Systems introduced two Visualization Series projectors at I/ITSEC 2017. The DLA‑VS4700 projector offers native 4K resolution with e-shift technology to display up to 8K resolution, while the DLA‑VS4010NLG is JVC’s brightest simulation …

Highlights from I/ITSEC 2017

by Chris Chinnock

The Interservice/ Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) is the world’s largest modeling, simulation, and training conference. Held near the beginning of December in Orlando, Florida, USA, I/ITSEC consists of peer-reviewed paper presentations, …

8K Starts to See Applications in Endoscopy

by Bob Raikes

A start-up in Japan, called Kairos, is using 8K cameras to allow laparoscopy (keyhole surgery) using a 70″ Super Hi-vision 8K monitor. The endoscope costs around $500,000, but the company hopes to sell as …

Tags:Medical| Mobile Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 46

Sony Trademarks “8K HDR” and New Logo

by Andrew Fenn

Sony has filed a trademark for “8K HDR” and a new corresponding logo, listed under the classification “Television receivers; light emitting diode (LED) displays”, according to FlatpanelsHD. The publication reveals that the application went …

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Dimenco Displays Reveals the World’s First 8K 3D Processing Board

by Andrew Fenn

Dimenco Displays has revealed the Dimesa 8, the world’s first 8K 3D processing board. By calculating every individual sub-pixel in real time, Dimesa 8 is designed to create the most natural, engaging 3D viewing …

Vimeo Adds Support for HDR and Super Hi-Vision Resolution

by Andrew Fenn

Vimeo has added support for owners of Apple TV 4K, iPhone X and iPad Pro to watch content in HDR, making it the first online video streaming platform to offer HDR playback on Apple …

SiTune Samples First 8K Tuner

by Bob Raikes

SiTune is now production sampling the STN6528, said to be the first tuner to support the new ARIB STD-B44 ISDB-S3 standard for satellite broadcasting of 8K Super Hi-vision content. The chip also supports ISDB-T …

Tags:Chips| Large Display Monitor| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Tuners| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Sharp’s 8K Camcorder is $77,000

by Bob Raikes

Sharp has helped the development of Super Hi-Vision by releasing in Japan the 8C-B60A 8K camcorder which has a Super 35mm sensor and can record at 10 bit with 60fps in 4:2:2 using the …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Is Improved Scaling the Key to the 8K Content Void?

by Chris Chinnock

I have been thinking more about 8K recently. Many will agree that the increase from 4K to 8K pixels will be of marginal benefit for those watching TVs at standard distances on 65” TVs. …

Tags:Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Upscaling| Vol 24 - Issue 43

8K Production using HLG

by Chris Chinnock

Yuji Nagata from NHK gave a presentation describing an 8K HDR broadcast workflow based on HLG. While trial broadcast of 8K content started in August of 2017 in Japan, this will expand to regular …

Storytelling in 8K?

by Chris Chinnock

Cinematographer, Pierre H Routhier gave a presentation on storytelling in 8K. He wondered, for example, if there is more value from the filmmaker’s point of view in having more spatial resolution as opposed to …